Holloway, Army's middle linebacker, counted in his head at least eight tackles he missed in a 48-27 loss at Boston College.

Looking at Boston College's running numbers in the aftermath, it was hard to blame one Army defender.

Boston College running back Andre Williams tied a school record with five touchdowns. Williams, who had a career-high 263 yards on 30 carries, ran virtually untouched on scores of 34, 37 and 34 yards.

"He's a powerful back, I give him his credit," said Holloway of Williams. "He's a load. At the same time, you wrap up and bring yourself to him. He has to go down. That's the nature of physics. "»

"I think we could have done a better job of swarming to the ball. One player makes contact. People have to come. He had a day today. He shedded some tackles and he took advantage of the miscues that we made."

Boston College (3-2), which had 523 yards of total offense, scored on eight of their first nine possessions. Boston College ran just two third-down plays in the first half and converted both of them.

Army coach Rich Ellerson said his team invested a lot of practice time this week on Boston College's power running game with two backs and three tight ends. But, the Eagles kept multiple receivers in at times to spread out Army's defense.

"We invested maybe too much time in some defense that we frankly didn't get a chance to use much," Ellerson said. "Conversely, there was some things that we spent a lot of time on that we got exactly what we were expecting and we weren't effective. That's the frustrating part."

Army lost by three touchdowns despite scoring on a pass of more than 70 yards and a run of 80 or more yards in the same game for the first time since 1946.

The Black Knights led three times in the first half.

The offense, which lost starting quarterback Angel Santiago to a left-ankle injury with 11 minutes left in the second quarter, was keeping pace with Boston College.

Fullback Larry Dixon's 80-yard touchdown run on Army's first play of the second half, cut Boston College's lead to 31-27 2:08 into the third quarter.

Army surprised Boston College with a flea-flicker. Santiago completed a 75-yard pass to a wide-open Xavier Moss to give Army a 10-7 edge with 6:49 left in the first quarter.

But, the Black Knights ran just five plays in the third quarter after Dixon's touchdown. The junior fullback also blamed himself for the defeat. "We weren't being productive," Dixon said of Army's second-half play. "That kind of starts with me. I missed a lot of blocks out there. It's just everybody. We all have to do the right thing at the right time."

After a 35-16 dominating win against Louisiana Tech last week, Army failed at a chance to reach the .500 mark. There's no more time to blame anyone or any unit. It's time to regroup for 1-4 Eastern Michigan at Michie Stadium Saturday.

"We are a better defense than that," Holloway said. "You've seen that from us. We're going to get better from here."